Vigy
Encyclopedia
Vigy is a commune
in the Moselle
department in Lorraine
in north-eastern France
.
, Vigy lies on the border of Germany
and Luxembourg
. The village of Vigy is located in a sector recognized for its landscape qualities. Vigy enjoys a privileged location on the edge of a forest.
Part of village belongs to an Important Bird Area
. In 1635, on September 12, almost all the village was burned by the Spanish
. It was reattached to France
in 1648.
Vigy has been the seat of a canton since the French Revolution
.
During World War I
, the residents of Vigy were resettled in Mussidan
in the Dordogne
.
The early prosperity of the village is largely due to the nearby (iron and steel industry). Many of these industries have since disappeared. Nowadays industry consists of manufacturing car and logistic
There is a field maze, which is open from July to September. All year there is a new field Maze.
Vigy to Hombourg-Budange one. In 1985, the local authorities had stopped supporting the line. ALEMF operated in this line with the definition of a "touristic" railway since 1986.
On April 1, 1908 was put in regular circulation the first engine at vapor. The line celebrates its hundred years on May 24, 2008
It is open from April to October.
It is open from April to October.
As the legend says: Once upon a time a group of hunter was following a deer in the forest of St. Hubert. It was a very very hot day and the people were very thirsty. They have been suffering when suddenly their horses found a spring. To thank it for the nature they built a little chapel next to the spring.
The chapel is linked in legend to Charlemagne
and may have existed as early as 806.
In 1049, the Pope Leo IX
would have come to devote the church. During the centuries the church of St. Arnold had the authority above the chapel.
Unfortunately, during the French Revolution
the chapel was destroyed. Later the chapel
has been rebuilt.
In 1884, the reconstruction of the chapel started by Abbé Cazin and the Vicomte de Coetlosquet offered three windows for
the chapel. It got the shape we can see now.
Today, there are a new small church in the middle of forest. On the Monday of Pentecost
and Corpus Christi (feast)
pilgrims come to the chapel.
In 1961, associations and federations of popular education of the Moselle
, mobilized around common values ("to allow each citizen to be an actor of the transformation of a company where the Man finds finally his true place"). In 1963, the association ADEPPA of which the goal was to become a training centre of the actors of community life, with the possibility of accommodating, in its houses of lodging, of many groups in the middle of an exceptional landscape
Adeppa is located at Vigy. Adeppa is a popular resort on the edge of a forest.
.
others documents on TV (RTL, TF1,ZDF) on radio (France Inter
, online on France Bleu
Lorraine Nord radio on August 9, 2009 )
Today there are three public schools.
The nearest railway station is in Metz, about 15 km (9.3 mi) away.
The nearest airports are ETZ - Metz Nancy Lorraine 24.5 km (15.2 mi) south, LUX - Luxemburg Luxembourg 47.9 km (29.8 mi) north, ENC - Nancy Essey 56.7 km (35.2 mi) south, SCN - Saarbruecken Saarbrücken 59 km (36.7 mi) east
process initiated back in 1998. Other line connecting Germany, and Luxembourg.
The dispatching of Vigy reinforcing the electricity transmission capacities of France’s greater eastern area.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Moselle
Moselle
Moselle is a department in the east of France named after the river Moselle.- History :Moselle is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
Situated 15 km (9.3 mi) from MetzMetz
Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...
, Vigy lies on the border of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
. The village of Vigy is located in a sector recognized for its landscape qualities. Vigy enjoys a privileged location on the edge of a forest.
Part of village belongs to an Important Bird Area
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird Area is an area recognized as being globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations. Currently there are about 10,000 IBAs worldwide. The program was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International...
History
Originally founded as a city by the Romans or Gallo-Romans, Vigy was given to the Abbey of Saint-Arnould on June 23, 715. In 1365, the people of Vigy were placed under the protection of LuxembourgLuxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
. In 1635, on September 12, almost all the village was burned by the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It was reattached to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1648.
Vigy has been the seat of a canton since the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
.
During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, the residents of Vigy were resettled in Mussidan
Mussidan
Mussidan is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-International relations:It is twinned with Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.* Vigy, France; since 1990-References:*...
in the Dordogne
Dordogne
Dordogne is a départment in south-west France. The départment is located in the region of Aquitaine, between the Loire valley and the High Pyrénées named after the great river Dordogne that runs through it...
.
Economy
On first, the village grow on agriculture (vine area is completely disappeared).The early prosperity of the village is largely due to the nearby (iron and steel industry). Many of these industries have since disappeared. Nowadays industry consists of manufacturing car and logistic
Sights
The region, with its rich and varied historical heritage, lends itself to eco-tourism.Field Maze
As a family or with a group of friends, your challenge is to find your way through the corn maze, decoding the key to puzzles you will find signposted along the way.There is a field maze, which is open from July to September. All year there is a new field Maze.
Steam train
This line was linked to the former SNCFSNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
Vigy to Hombourg-Budange one. In 1985, the local authorities had stopped supporting the line. ALEMF operated in this line with the definition of a "touristic" railway since 1986.
On April 1, 1908 was put in regular circulation the first engine at vapor. The line celebrates its hundred years on May 24, 2008
It is open from April to October.
Rail-cycle (Velorail in French)
Rail-cycle with 4 wheels. A single bicycle may also be modified with an outrigger and locating wheels to operate upon rails- Forest outing
- Booking recommended
It is open from April to October.
Notre-Dame-de-Rabas
The chapel is linked in legend to Charlemagne
Charlemagne
Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...
and may have existed as early as 806.
In 1049, the Pope Leo IX
Pope Leo IX
Pope Saint Leo IX , born Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg, was Pope from February 12, 1049 to his death. He was a German aristocrat and as well as being Pope was a powerful secular ruler of central Italy. He is regarded as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, with the feast day of April 19...
would have come to devote the church. During the centuries the church of St. Arnold had the authority above the chapel.
Unfortunately, during the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
the chapel was destroyed. Later the chapel
has been rebuilt.
In 1884, the reconstruction of the chapel started by Abbé Cazin and the Vicomte de Coetlosquet offered three windows for
the chapel. It got the shape we can see now.
Today, there are a new small church in the middle of forest. On the Monday of Pentecost
Pentecost
Pentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...
and Corpus Christi (feast)
Corpus Christi (feast)
Corpus Christi is a Latin Rite solemnity, now designated the solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ . It is also celebrated in some Anglican, Lutheran and Old Catholic Churches. Like Trinity Sunday and the Solemnity of Christ the King, it does not commemorate a particular event in...
pilgrims come to the chapel.
Adeppa
Moselle
Moselle is a department in the east of France named after the river Moselle.- History :Moselle is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
, mobilized around common values ("to allow each citizen to be an actor of the transformation of a company where the Man finds finally his true place"). In 1963, the association ADEPPA of which the goal was to become a training centre of the actors of community life, with the possibility of accommodating, in its houses of lodging, of many groups in the middle of an exceptional landscape
Adeppa is located at Vigy. Adeppa is a popular resort on the edge of a forest.
Others
Vigy is known for its dynamism and its strong associative fabric with more than forty associationsVoluntary association
A voluntary association or union is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as volunteers to form a body to accomplish a purpose.Strictly speaking, in many jurisdictions no formalities are necessary to start an association...
.
Sports
- Judo, tennis, handball, skittles, gymnastics, coil-defense, tennis, football clubs
- Game of bowls Vigy.
Music
Battery brass band “the Jeanne of Arc”Civil heritage
- ArboretumArboretumAn arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
- "Église Saint-Léger" (churche - 1868)
- Since La maison du Jambon was founded by Augustin Mazzocchi in 1920.
Sisters of Divine Providence (Soeurs de la divine providence) in Vigy (Hessange)
The Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence was founded by John Martin Moye, who with the assistance of Mademoiselle Marguerite LeComte, opened the first school of congregation at Vigy in 1762. After the French Revolution, all sisters was transferred to St. Jean de Bassel in Lorraine.Films & documents
You can watch few minutes in Vigy in these French films- Life and Nothing ButLife and Nothing But-Synopsis:Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Dellaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. Dellaplane forms a relationship with a woman who is looking for her missing husband, but a dilemma begins when he learns that her husband may...
( "la vie et rien d'autre" French title, French film, French director : Bertrand TavernierBertrand TavernierBertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...
) - Je m'appelle Victor (French film, French director : Guy Jacques)
others documents on TV (RTL, TF1,ZDF) on radio (France Inter
France Inter
France Inter is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a "generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and intelligent spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, liberally punctuated with an eclectic mix of...
, online on France Bleu
France Bleu
France Bleu is a network of 43 local and regional radio stations in France. National programming from Paris is relayed by local and regional stations supplemented with local news and content. It is part of the public broadcaster Radio France...
Lorraine Nord radio on August 9, 2009 )
Education
The Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence was founded by John Martin Moye, who with the assistance of Mademoiselle Marguerite LeComte, opened the first school of congregation at Vigy in 1762. After the French Revolution, all sisters was transferred to St. Jean de Bassel in Lorraine.Today there are three public schools.
Access
Vigy is located at the intersection of two majors axes: A4 motorway (going from Paris to Strasbourg) and the A31 motorway (going to Luxembourg at the North and towards Nancy)
A4 - Number 37 - Ennery-Argancy- A31 - Hauconcourt
The nearest railway station is in Metz, about 15 km (9.3 mi) away.
The nearest airports are ETZ - Metz Nancy Lorraine 24.5 km (15.2 mi) south, LUX - Luxemburg Luxembourg 47.9 km (29.8 mi) north, ENC - Nancy Essey 56.7 km (35.2 mi) south, SCN - Saarbruecken Saarbrücken 59 km (36.7 mi) east
- by bus : Going to MetzMetzMetz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...
city or HagondangeHagondangeHagondange is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is some 20 km north of Metz and the same distance south from Thionville.La Tour de Guet, a tower from the twelfth century, is found within the commune....
station. There are only one bus by day (daily : Monday to Saturday)
Social network
Vigy is one of the principal nodes of communication in Metz Country. Vigy is the meeting place of associations, of sporting…Energy
The 400,000 volt line connecting Marlenheim (near Strasbourg) to Vigy entered service on April 30, 2009 is the fruit of a consultativeprocess initiated back in 1998. Other line connecting Germany, and Luxembourg.
The dispatching of Vigy reinforcing the electricity transmission capacities of France’s greater eastern area.
Notable people
- Catherine MarsalCatherine MarsalCatherine Marsal is a retired female racing cyclist from France. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally in Italy and the US. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then she represented her native country at four Summer...
, 1971-01-20 in Metz, cyclist is a retired female racing cyclist from France. She represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. Her biggest achievements were winning the 1990 Giro d'Italia Femminile and the world title in the women's individual road race (1990). - Jean-Martin MoyeJean-Martin MoyeJean-Martin Moye was a French Roman Catholic priest, a missionary in China and the founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence. He was beatified in 1954.-Life:...
- Emmanuel Molinet, born 1970 in Metz, Artiste. brings us a project dedicated to being immersed into a world of vegetation. An array of details establishes a territory, the forest, as an organic entity
Twin towns - sister cities
- Mussidan
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MussidanMussidan is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-International relations:It is twinned with Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.* Vigy, France; since 1990-References:*...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
; since 1990 - SourzacSourzacSourzac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:...
; since 1991
See also
- Communes of the Moselle department
- Geography of Saarland, Moselle, and Luxembourg